Device, method, and graphical user interface for scrolling a multi-section document

• US 8,624,933 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Marr, Jason Robert, Leffert, Akiva, Rapp, Peter William, Weeldreyer, Christopher Douglas, Capela, Jay Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Agustin, Peter Vincent
• Application Number:
  US12/567,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/684
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for scrolling a multi-section document is disclosed, including displaying on a display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries; detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, the gesture having an initial velocity that exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section; initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function; while scrolling the electronic document, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and, scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

displaying on the display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein an initial contact of the gesture is at a location that corresponds to a first location in the electronic document, the gesture having gesture parameters that include an initial velocity;

when the initial velocity of the gesture exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section;

initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function;

while scrolling the electronic document on the display, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and

scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function occurs within a predefined time after detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function is performed substantially at the time of detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.

4. The method of claim 1, the predefined location on the display of the first logical structure boundary when the scrolling speed becomes zero is selected from the group consisting of the top of the display and the bottom of the display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein an entire document section is displayed on the display, and the first logical structure boundary is displayed at a location selected from the group consisting of the top of the display and the bottom of the display.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising using one or more of a gesture acceleration value, the initial velocity, and a gesture distance, to calculate the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function when the initial velocity of the gesture is below the predefined speed threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising foregoing adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function when the electronic document is displayed at a magnification level greater than a predefined magnification level.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

while scrolling the electronic document on the display;

detecting a touch gesture on the touch sensitive surface at a location corresponding to a location in the electronic document;

determining that the location of the touch gesture corresponds to an executable icon within the electronic document; and

executing a function associated with the executable icon.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising terminating the scrolling of the electronic document on the display in response to detecting the touch gesture on the touch sensitive surface at the location corresponding to the executable icon in the electronic document.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein respective document sections correspond to respective pages within the electronic document.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein respective logical structure boundaries correspond to respective page boundaries within the electronic document.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the logical structure boundaries are row and/or column boundaries within the electronic document.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function comprises:

determining a point in the electronic document that corresponds to a total distance to be scrolled from the first location in the electronic document in accordance with the initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function;

identifying a document section in the plurality of document sections that contains the point in the electronic document;

identifying a logical structure boundary associated with the determined point;

adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so the scrolling of the electronic document will end when the identified logical structure boundary is displayed at an extremum of the display.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture is a swipe gesture.

16. A multifunction device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying on the display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein an initial contact of the gesture is at a location that corresponds to a first location in the electronic document, the gesture having gesture parameters that include an initial velocity;

when the initial velocity of the gesture exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section;

initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function;

while scrolling the electronic document on the display, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and

scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function.

17. The multifunction device of claim 16, wherein adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function occurs within a predefined time after detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.

18. The multifunction device of claim 16, wherein adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function is performed substantially at the time of detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.

19. The multifunction device of claim 16, wherein the predefined location on the display of the first logical structure boundary when the scrolling speed becomes zero is selected from the group consisting of the top of the display and the bottom of the display.

20. The multifunction device of claim 16, wherein an entire document section is displayed on the display, and the first logical structure boundary is displayed at a location selected from the group consisting of the top of the display and the bottom of the display.

21. The multifunction device of claim 16, further comprising scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function when the initial velocity of the gesture is below the predefined speed threshold.

22. A method, comprising:

at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

displaying on the display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein an initial contact of the gesture is at a location that corresponds to a first location in the electronic document, the gesture having gesture parameters that include an initial velocity;

when the initial velocity of the gesture exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section;

initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function;

while scrolling the electronic document on the display, determining a total scrolling distance based on the initial velocity, wherein the total scrolling distance is adjusted to correspond to a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document; and

,

scrolling the electronic document for the total scrolling distance.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein adjustment of the total scrolling distance is performed substantially at the time of detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.

24. A method, comprising:

at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

displaying an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the detected gesture corresponding to a scroll of the electronic document having a scrolling distance that is more than one document section;

in response to detecting the gesture;

initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display;

while scrolling the electronic document on the display, adjusting the scrolling distance so that when the scrolling stops, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document will be at a predefined location on the display; and

,

scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling distance.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein adjustment of the scrolling distance is performed substantially at the time of detecting liftoff of the gesture from the touch-sensitive surface.